Law(yer) will take its own course - Lawyers attack income tax office

By Vijay Kumar

BEFORE you blame me for the misleading headline, let me clarify this happened in Faisalabad in Pakistan yesterday. Lawyers attacked the Income Tax Commissioner's office and damaged furniture and window panes.

"The trouble erupted when some lawyers reportedly exchanged hot words with the Income Tax Commissioner Nasir Khan during the proceedings of a case, blaming him for "unnecessary delays and objections" and using "coercive measures". The commissioner had reportedly objected to the lawyers' contention, pointing out that he was discharging duties "strictly in consonance with law".On this the lawyers became enraged and attacked the income tax commissioner who immediately moved out of his office and took shelter in another room", Pakistan Today reported this morning.